It's said that "power corrupts," but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.
David Brin, The Postman (1997)
Look, please don’t quote some Leftist’s idea of sentient thought from a movie spewing a Liberal’s point of view about a post apocalyptic world to me.
We’re talking about a civilized society that must have some ground-rules.
If you want to talk about some hypothetical post apocalyptic world, I’m not your guy.